| pavement | That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or coloured bricks. "The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. <zoology> " (Milton) Pavement teeth, flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement. Origin: F, fr. LL. Pavamentum, L. Pavimentum. See Pave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pavement epithelium | Epithelium composed of a single layer of flattened scalelike cells, such as mesothelium, endothelium, and that in the pulmonary alveoli. Synonym: pavement epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pavementing | <cell biology> Term used to describe the margination of leucocytes on the endothelium near a site of damage. (18 Nov 1997) |